A group of American Palestinians living in the West Bank have filed a $34.5 billion lawsuit in a Washington court against a string of U.S.-based tycoons and companies allegedly connected to the Israeli occupation.  Among those named in the suit are casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, philanthropist Irving Moskowitz and evangelist John Hagee...According to the plaintiffs, the establishment of settlements in the occupied territories has been accompanied by violence, death and injury, the destruction of houses and the burning of trees and is thus criminal...